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Louis Ayres
William Louis Ayres (1874–November 30, 1947), better known by his professional name Louis Ayres, was an American architect who was one of the most prominent designers of monuments, memorials, and buildings in the nation in the early part of the 20th century.〔"Architects Chosen to Advise on Plans for Mall Triangle," ''Washington Post,'' May 20, 1927.〕 His style is characterized as Medievalist, often emphasizing elements of Romanesque Revival and Italian Renaissance, and Byzantine Revival architecture.〔Grossman, "Architecture for a Public Client: The Monuments and Chapels of the American Battle Monuments Commission," ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians,'' May 1984, p. 127.〕 He is best known for designing the United States Memorial Chapel at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial and the Herbert C. Hoover U.S. Department of Commerce Building.〔"Louis Ayres, Noted As Architect, 73," ''New York Times,'' December 1, 1947.〕
==Life and career==
He was born in 1874 in Bergen Point, New Jersey, to Mr. and Mrs. Chester D. Ayres.〔Placzek, ''Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects,'' 1982, p. 120.〕〔"Mrs. Twining to Wed Wednesday," ''New York Times,'' November 24, 1928.〕 He graduated from Trinity School, a prep school located in Manhattan, New York City, New York.〔 He attended Rutgers University, graduating in 1896 with a degree in electrical engineering.〔〔 After graduation, he spent three years with the firm of McKim, Mead, and White, but left (along with several other architects in the firm) to join the firm of York and Sawyer.〔 He became a partner in the firm in 1910.〔
By 1921, he was one of the most prominent architects in the nation.〔 From 1921 to 1925, he served on the prestigious U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the federal advisory panel which had statutory approval over all major building projects in Washington, D.C.〔Thomas E. Luebke, ed., ''Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 539.〕〔"Architects' Medal Goes to Louis Ayres," ''New York Times,'' April 6, 1933.〕 His four-year term expired in 1925, and he did not seek reappointment.〔"Garfield's Son Named to Fine Arts Board," ''Washington Post,'' October 30, 1925.〕 The same year, he was one of the three judges on a panel which awarded the commission for the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, to Harold Van Buren Magonigle.〔"Magonigle Gets Award," ''New York Times,'' June 30, 1921.〕
In 1935, Ayres was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1936.
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